Data governance is a collection of processes, roles, policies, standards, and metrics that ensure the effective and efficient use of information in enabling an organization to achieve its goals.
It establishes the processes and responsibilities that ensure the Data Quality and security of the data used across a business or organization. Data governance defines who can take what action, upon what data, in what situations, and using what methods.
Data Governance: Focuses on ensuring that data is managed consistently and adheres to policies, often working in tandem with Data Observability to enforce quality standards.